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This Week in Princeton University History for December 15-21
By April C. Armstrong *14 In this week’s installment of our recurring series, alumni are frustrated, a senior is honored by a modeling agency, and more. December 15, 1876—Self-described ‘older alumni” write of their frustrations with fundraising, The charge has been constantly made that the first object of the management has been to get money,…
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This Week in Princeton History for August 31-September 6
In this week’s installment of our recurring series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, alumnae celebrate the completion of a cross-country fundraising bike ride with a dip in the Fountain of Freedom, an invoice is paid for Nassau Hall’s weather vane, and more. August 31, 1989—A champagne reception…
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A lesson for fundraisers: the solicitation process for “A Campaign for Princeton,” 1982
In a previous blog we discussed the three-year $53 Million Campaign, launched at the beginning of Robert’s Goheen’s presidency in 1959. On an even larger scale was the five-year fundraising campaign that was launched on February 19, 1982 during the presidency of Goheen’s successor William G. Bowen. The goal for “A Campaign for Princeton” was…
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